Props to all the info, keep it coming for newbies to the Stock market, like myself
Official Stocks to watch in 2012............. ongoing
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set up a game and ill join. others can join as they see fit.
try to set this up before opening bell monday. i want in!
post details in this thread on how we can "join" the same game (usually you set a password or give us a link or something so we can join)
anyway, im down
My logic on NFLX was like this as two days ago. If all of these file hosting websites are going down then that means that there's a good amount of people that will not move on to torrents or newsgroups and find a temporary fix or just go back to what they were accustomed to. Enter NFLX's month-free promo and I have a strong feeling they'll pick up a good amount more of the subscribers that they once lost. Just a guess...
I was doing some reading on the pharmaceutical co's n hep. c. Still have more reading, researching and mental preparation to do. Opened up a sharebuilder account with $500 with a family member's $$$ b/c I want act as their FA. I'm better at managing other people's money than my own. Got my cardio routine down. Got my diet right. Got my gym schedule set. Time to get my money right also. Lets make this money y'all.
I'm down with brother Greygoose on that game. Set it up p5ych3 and we'll join.
I was doing some reading on the pharmaceutical co's n hep. c. Still have more reading, researching and mental preparation to do. Opened up a sharebuilder account with $500 with a family member's $$$ b/c I want act as their FA. I'm better at managing other people's money than my own. Got my cardio routine down. Got my diet right. Got my gym schedule set. Time to get my money right also. Lets make this money y'all.
I'm down with brother Greygoose on that game. Set it up p5ych3 and we'll join.
set up a game and ill join. others can join as they see fit.
try to set this up before opening bell monday. i want in!
post details in this thread on how we can "join" the same game (usually you set a password or give us a link or something so we can join)
anyway, im down
http://www.marketwatch.com/game/bgol2012
its set up and ready to go. i used the defaults except i dropped minimum amt to $1
game lasts till july 31st.
Buy, Sell or Hold: 100 Billion Reasons To Buy Apple Stock
http://moneymorning.com/2012/01/30/buy-sell-or-hold-100-billion-reasons-to-buy-apple-stock/
http://moneymorning.com/2012/01/30/buy-sell-or-hold-100-billion-reasons-to-buy-apple-stock/
Where/how do you prospect potential stocks? And, how do you analyze those potential stocks to figure out if you wanna buy or not?
depends on if you are long term or short term. if you are short term you probably dont care about the fundamental stuff and you're probably going on things volume, momentum, news (international), interest rates, etc. depending on the stock and what sector its in.
long term you gotta do your research. basically trying to put value on the company. if a company is strong, regardless of what happens in greece or europe in the long run the company will do well and you'll see profit.
i HIGHLY recommend you get an account at tdameritrade.com. they have excellent tools that im now learning how to utilize.
see image below:
you can use moving averages to pinpoint entry points, that is if you are day trading. there are other methods of course.
there are options to listen in on conference calls, and you get news alerts too.
its free to open an account, obviously you need money to trade. BUT you can paper trade, basically a virtual simulator in real time, you get virtual money of $100,000 to practice. its really robust, powerful tools there.
marketwatch has good news to read in the morning.
thats also where our stock game is
http://www.marketwatch.com/
a great spot is here http://finviz.com/
you can find market movers there, top gainers, top losers, upgrades, etc. i pay attention to the new highs and the upgrades, as upgrades can mean short term gains, possible 1-5% gains and up. depends on who's making the upgrade.
there's also google finance
http://www.google.com/finance
yahoo finance
http://finance.yahoo.com/
and my new one that i use, CNN-MONEY
http://money.cnn.com/
when you go to those websites, look to the left, right, bottom, top,..... for articles with titles such as "today's movers" or "stocks to watch" or whatever random title they use. while this doesnt mean you should ALWAYS buy those stocks, they can be an indicator of stocks that are undervalued, strong, have been upgraded, and look good on paper and might be worth a look. you should still do your research, but its a good place to start.
i dont read it now, but one of the papers/magazines i used to buy all the time is Barrons. i used to get my stock picks from there years ago and i made some good money. they used to have a section where they feature solid buys or companies to look out for. they have a "daily analysis" on their online website http://online.barrons.com/online_exclusives?mod=BOL_other_tnav_analysis
see also: http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowatchtoday/?mod=BOL_other_tnav_blogs
there are lots of places online, i know i wrote a lot, but i hope you benefit from at least one of the above links.
some of the stocks im keeping an eye on
STEC
UYM
BAC (they downgraded it, but i like bank of america hopefully it stays above 7.05)
NBG (good news for greece should send this stock higher. hopeful)
MSI
MNTA
INVN
those are the stocks ive either made money from in real life, and/or made money in the game. i got those stocks from reading the above links.
good luck to all, if anyone has more info please share.
i hope some or all of you make some real money in the market
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i like investopedia but the pop ups kill me sometimes
http://www.investopedia.com/markets
http://www.investopedia.com/markets
No, but I'll get in.
this is a good website with some info
http://www.swing-trade-stocks.com/entry-strategy.html
scroll all the way to the bottom for some more informative links/strategy
http://www.swing-trade-stocks.com/entry-strategy.html
scroll all the way to the bottom for some more informative links/strategy
I'm in...hopefully I learn something.
Just created a thread for mods to sticky
Good stuff
depends on if you are long term or short term. if you are short term you probably dont care about the fundamental stuff and you're probably going on things volume, momentum, news (international), interest rates, etc. depending on the stock and what sector its in.
long term you gotta do your research. basically trying to put value on the company. if a company is strong, regardless of what happens in greece or europe in the long run the company will do well and you'll see profit.
i HIGHLY recommend you get an account at tdameritrade.com. they have excellent tools that im now learning how to utilize.
see image below:
you can use moving averages to pinpoint entry points, that is if you are day trading. there are other methods of course.
there are options to listen in on conference calls, and you get news alerts too.
its free to open an account, obviously you need money to trade. BUT you can paper trade, basically a virtual simulator in real time, you get virtual money of $100,000 to practice. its really robust, powerful tools there.
marketwatch has good news to read in the morning.
thats also where our stock game is
http://www.marketwatch.com/
a great spot is here http://finviz.com/
you can find market movers there, top gainers, top losers, upgrades, etc. i pay attention to the new highs and the upgrades, as upgrades can mean short term gains, possible 1-5% gains and up. depends on who's making the upgrade.
there's also google finance
http://www.google.com/finance
yahoo finance
http://finance.yahoo.com/
and my new one that i use, CNN-MONEY
http://money.cnn.com/
when you go to those websites, look to the left, right, bottom, top,..... for articles with titles such as "today's movers" or "stocks to watch" or whatever random title they use. while this doesnt mean you should ALWAYS buy those stocks, they can be an indicator of stocks that are undervalued, strong, have been upgraded, and look good on paper and might be worth a look. you should still do your research, but its a good place to start.
i dont read it now, but one of the papers/magazines i used to buy all the time is Barrons. i used to get my stock picks from there years ago and i made some good money. they used to have a section where they feature solid buys or companies to look out for. they have a "daily analysis" on their online website http://online.barrons.com/online_exclusives?mod=BOL_other_tnav_analysis
see also: http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowatchtoday/?mod=BOL_other_tnav_blogs
there are lots of places online, i know i wrote a lot, but i hope you benefit from at least one of the above links.
some of the stocks im keeping an eye on
STEC
UYM
BAC (they downgraded it, but i like bank of america hopefully it stays above 7.05)
NBG (good news for greece should send this stock higher. hopeful)
MSI
MNTA
INVN
those are the stocks ive either made money from in real life, and/or made money in the game. i got those stocks from reading the above links.
good luck to all, if anyone has more info please share.
i hope some or all of you make some real money in the market
I already have an E-Trade account. Are their tools comparable to TD Ameritrade?
hell fucking no
Etrade has the best layout ever...I have an account with them but its mostly a savings account, I plan on using them for long term holds only, since they want about ten dollars a trade....
but their layout and financial tools I think are second to none.
and worth it for the newbie, its so easy to navigate through...
well fargo is not bad, but its nowhere near as user friendly as etrade.
but the hundred free trades from wells fargo was the deal breaker for me...to make my primary account.
hell fucking no
I have an account with them but its mostly a savings account, I plan on using them for long term holds only, since they want about ten dollars a trade....
but their layout and financial tools I think are second to none.
and worth it for the newbie, its so easy to navigate through...
well fargo is not bad, but its nowhere near as user friendly as etrade.
but the hundred free trades from wells fargo was the deal breaker for me...to make my primary account.
What do you guys think is the best compromise of cost, layout, features, support, etc between the online brokers?
Like I said...I have an E-Trade account but if I should go elsewhere...I will.
I have couple of financial apps on my phone (fidelity, google and yahoo). They all have current news information. I also use nasdaq.com alot to see what analysts are saying.
To me we all know the blue chippers (IBM, APPLE, GOOGLE, ETC.). I started reseaching the small cap stocks and also listen to rumors of potential acquisitions. To me the acquisition game is a hard one because by the time you hear about it, the stock has already risen almost to its buyout prices. The other two Hep C. stocks (IDIX and ACHN) are highly liketo be bought out within this year.
After I get some leads, I just put them on my watch list to see what they are doing over weeks time and put my ear to the ground to see what the experts are saying. If you are not a day trader then the potential of losing everything at once is not that strong unless shit happen like Netflix back in the fall (drop from 300/share to 62/share because of dumb shit by the CEO).
Lastly, every morning I check those apps to see what is going on in Europe, who is announcing revenue statements and potential buyouts. They all give you an indication plus tons of other info that can help you decide.
nice going.
i like to keep an eye on my watch list too so that when the market tumbles, i know where the discounts are if the decline was due to a scare in international news.
do you own shares of netflix? its looking better and better i just cant figure out if i missed the boat, i havent looked into netflix, only at its chart
My gut feeling was to buy Netflix early last week when it was around 92. I took the plung on Friday and instantly made money. I believe it is going up some more before it goes down.
Below is a good read. Something to keep your eye on because if any of these could possibly happen and if they do it would be big.
http://oakshirefinancial.com/2012/0...-nyse-s-netflix-nasdaq-nflx-avid-nasdaq-avid/
US Earnings Calendar for Tuesday, January 31
ACE Ltd – ACE
Acxiom Corp – ACXM
Affiliated Managers Group Inc – AMG
Aflac Inc – AFL
Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc – AFOP
Amazon.Com Inc – AMZN
Anixter International Inc – AXE
Applied Micro Circuits Corp – AMCC
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co – ADM
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co – AJG
Aspen Technology Inc – AZPN
Avery Dennison Corp – AVY
Bank of Commerce Holdings – BOCH
Bar Harbor Bankshares – BHB
BBCN Bancorp Inc – BBCN
Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc – BHLB
Biogen Idec Inc – BIIB
Black Box Corp – BBOX
Boston Properties Inc – BXP
Bottomline Technologies DE Inc – EPAY
Broadcom Corp – BRCM
C H Robinson Worldwide Inc – CHRW
C R Bard Inc – BCR
Capital Product Partners LP – CPLP
Celanese Corp – CE
Ceva Inc – CEVA
CFS Bancorp Inc – CITZ
Charter Financial Corp – CHFN
CIT Group Inc – CIT
CNH Global NV – CNH
Community Bankers Trust Corp – BTC
Concurrent Computer Corp – CCUR
Cubic Corp – CUB
Cytec Industries Inc – CYT
Danaher Corp – DHR
Danaos Corp – DAC
Dolby Laboratories Inc – DLB
Eli Lilly And Co – LLY
Entergy Corp – ETR
Exxon Mobil Corp – XOM
Fauquier Bankshares Inc – FBSS
Female Health Co – FHCO
Flushing Financial Corp – FFIC
Fortinet Inc – FTNT
G&K Services Inc – GKSR
Gentex Corp – GNTX
Griffon Corp – GFF
Harmonic Inc – HLIT
Harris Corp – HRS
Harte-Hanks Inc – HHS
Hawaiian Holdings Inc – HA
Headwaters Inc – HW
Helmerich & Payne Inc – HP
HF Financial Corp – HFFC
Illumina Inc – ILMN
Inergy LP – NRGY
Intevac Inc – IVAC
IXYS Corp – IXYS
Jack Henry & Associates Inc – JKHY
Jda Software Group Inc – JDAS
Jones Lang Lasalle Inc – JLL
Key Tronic Corp – KTCC
Keynote Systems Inc – KEYN
Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc – KLIC
L-3 Communications Holdings Inc – LLL
Lexmark International Inc – LXK
Manhattan Associates Inc – MANH
Manitowoc Co Inc – MTW
MarineMax Inc – HZO
Mattel Inc – MAT
McGraw-Hill Companies Inc – MHP
Medical Properties Trust Inc – MPW0
Meritage Homes Corp – MTH
Midsouth Bancorp Inc – MSL
Mueller Water Products Inc – MWA
Myriad Genetics Inc – MYGN
Nathan S Famous Inc – NATH
National Instruments Corp – NATI
Nicholas Financial Inc – NICK
Oshkosh Corp – OSK
PACCAR Inc – PCAR
Pentair Inc – PNR
Pericom Semiconductor Corp – PSEM
Pfizer Inc – PFE
Plantronics Inc – PLT
Potlatch Corp – PCH
Provident Financial Holdings Inc – PROV
QCR Holdings Inc – QCRH
Qiagen NV – QGEN
RadiSys Corp – RSYS
RTI Biologics Inc – RTIX
S1 CorpSaia Inc – SAIA
Seagate Technology PLC – STX
Silgan Holdings Inc – SLGN
Sport Chalet Inc – SPCHB
Sterling Bancorp – STL
Techne Corp – TECH
Tellabs Inc – TLAB
The First Marblehead Corp – FMD
Timberland Bancorp Inc – TSBK
Tyco International Ltd – TYC
Unisys Corp – UIS
United Parcel Service Inc – UPS
United States Steel Corp – X
Unitil Corp – UTL
UQM Technologies Inc – UQM
Utah Medical Products Inc – UTMD
Valero Energy Corp – VLO
Virtusa Corp – VRTU
Vision Sciences Inc – VSCI
W. R. Berkley Corp – WRB
Waddell and Reed Financial Inc – WDR
Websense Inc – WBSN
ACE Ltd – ACE
Acxiom Corp – ACXM
Affiliated Managers Group Inc – AMG
Aflac Inc – AFL
Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc – AFOP
Amazon.Com Inc – AMZN
Anixter International Inc – AXE
Applied Micro Circuits Corp – AMCC
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co – ADM
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co – AJG
Aspen Technology Inc – AZPN
Avery Dennison Corp – AVY
Bank of Commerce Holdings – BOCH
Bar Harbor Bankshares – BHB
BBCN Bancorp Inc – BBCN
Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc – BHLB
Biogen Idec Inc – BIIB
Black Box Corp – BBOX
Boston Properties Inc – BXP
Bottomline Technologies DE Inc – EPAY
Broadcom Corp – BRCM
C H Robinson Worldwide Inc – CHRW
C R Bard Inc – BCR
Capital Product Partners LP – CPLP
Celanese Corp – CE
Ceva Inc – CEVA
CFS Bancorp Inc – CITZ
Charter Financial Corp – CHFN
CIT Group Inc – CIT
CNH Global NV – CNH
Community Bankers Trust Corp – BTC
Concurrent Computer Corp – CCUR
Cubic Corp – CUB
Cytec Industries Inc – CYT
Danaher Corp – DHR
Danaos Corp – DAC
Dolby Laboratories Inc – DLB
Eli Lilly And Co – LLY
Entergy Corp – ETR
Exxon Mobil Corp – XOM
Fauquier Bankshares Inc – FBSS
Female Health Co – FHCO
Flushing Financial Corp – FFIC
Fortinet Inc – FTNT
G&K Services Inc – GKSR
Gentex Corp – GNTX
Griffon Corp – GFF
Harmonic Inc – HLIT
Harris Corp – HRS
Harte-Hanks Inc – HHS
Hawaiian Holdings Inc – HA
Headwaters Inc – HW
Helmerich & Payne Inc – HP
HF Financial Corp – HFFC
Illumina Inc – ILMN
Inergy LP – NRGY
Intevac Inc – IVAC
IXYS Corp – IXYS
Jack Henry & Associates Inc – JKHY
Jda Software Group Inc – JDAS
Jones Lang Lasalle Inc – JLL
Key Tronic Corp – KTCC
Keynote Systems Inc – KEYN
Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc – KLIC
L-3 Communications Holdings Inc – LLL
Lexmark International Inc – LXK
Manhattan Associates Inc – MANH
Manitowoc Co Inc – MTW
MarineMax Inc – HZO
Mattel Inc – MAT
McGraw-Hill Companies Inc – MHP
Medical Properties Trust Inc – MPW0
Meritage Homes Corp – MTH
Midsouth Bancorp Inc – MSL
Mueller Water Products Inc – MWA
Myriad Genetics Inc – MYGN
Nathan S Famous Inc – NATH
National Instruments Corp – NATI
Nicholas Financial Inc – NICK
Oshkosh Corp – OSK
PACCAR Inc – PCAR
Pentair Inc – PNR
Pericom Semiconductor Corp – PSEM
Pfizer Inc – PFE
Plantronics Inc – PLT
Potlatch Corp – PCH
Provident Financial Holdings Inc – PROV
QCR Holdings Inc – QCRH
Qiagen NV – QGEN
RadiSys Corp – RSYS
RTI Biologics Inc – RTIX
S1 CorpSaia Inc – SAIA
Seagate Technology PLC – STX
Silgan Holdings Inc – SLGN
Sport Chalet Inc – SPCHB
Sterling Bancorp – STL
Techne Corp – TECH
Tellabs Inc – TLAB
The First Marblehead Corp – FMD
Timberland Bancorp Inc – TSBK
Tyco International Ltd – TYC
Unisys Corp – UIS
United Parcel Service Inc – UPS
United States Steel Corp – X
Unitil Corp – UTL
UQM Technologies Inc – UQM
Utah Medical Products Inc – UTMD
Valero Energy Corp – VLO
Virtusa Corp – VRTU
Vision Sciences Inc – VSCI
W. R. Berkley Corp – WRB
Waddell and Reed Financial Inc – WDR
Websense Inc – WBSN
I took a beating to day with NFLX and IDIX. They both dropped like a ton of bricks. I hope tomorrow will be better.
I also have to study more insider trading trends. That can give an indication of what people from the company is doing with their own stock. If they are selling then something could be up and vise-versa. There are occasions where execs have to cash in some of their stock options. If there is a case where there is selling going on check to see if they are selling because of cashing in on their options.
I also have to study more insider trading trends. That can give an indication of what people from the company is doing with their own stock. If they are selling then something could be up and vise-versa. There are occasions where execs have to cash in some of their stock options. If there is a case where there is selling going on check to see if they are selling because of cashing in on their options.
Why would you buy NFLX at it's recent high unless you want to go long on the stock??
Listen if you are not keeping the stocks for a long term investing plan then:
Buy on the rumor and sell on the news!
Once a stock hits mainstream news it's already over, momentum is done, people like me are looking to cash out and love people like you ready to buy at the high of the ticker.
I bought @ 73, sold @ 119 and I have no complaints with leaving 5-6 bucks on the table.
Long term the stock may double but I am not willing to tie up my money in it.
You are right. I'm going long on NETFLIX. I'm looking at the 52 weeks. It dropped yesterday on news of a new competitor from Britain. As for rumors, you are right. I believe it will grow because of direct streaming. Hey if it dont then I'm leaving about 20 on the table. Hey, that is my tuition for learning the game. I currently have 34 positions and I believe only 2 or 3 is not trending to my liking. A little less than half are double digit percentage gains. Less than a fourth are in the red. Most of those are less than one percent losses at this time.
Cool man, as long as you know what is your exit strategy you'll do fine.
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